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Covers:  UK politics. Arms trade. Saudi Arabia. Bahrain. Middle-East. Football.
News editor @Climatehome, covering climate change around the world. DM me or email jl@climatehomenews.com

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I report on global climate change diplomacy for Climate Home. I also edit a UK politics website called Left Foot Forward and sometimes freelance elsewhere.

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Here's the Lowdown on that Viral Parliament Tweet About Selling Off the NHS

Here's the Lowdown on that Viral Parliament Tweet About Selling Off the NHS

Photo: / Alamy Stock Photo On Monday, the government voted against a Labour amendment to its trade bill which…

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Scottish care homes owned by the Chinese state in tax havens

Scottish care homes owned by the Chinese state in tax havens

Dozens of Scotland's care home buildings are owned by companies based in tax havens and controlled by global …

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Scottish property worth billions held in tax havens

Scottish property worth billions held in tax havens

Foreign companies own £4.4 billion worth of Scottish property, The Ferret can reveal, leading to calls for gr…

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Lord Provost portrait cost Glasgow council nearly £20,000

Lord Provost portrait cost Glasgow council nearly £20,000

Glasgow City Council has been accused of "ridiculous" spending after a freedom of information request by The …

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Loopholes let MSPs declare 'arbitrary' share values

Loopholes let MSPs declare 'arbitrary' share values

A Conservative MSP is exploiting a loophole in parliamentary rules to avoid declaring the value of her stake …

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Making PPE for a Pittance

Making PPE for a Pittance

As the global demand for disposable gloves has rocketed, so have the share prices of the companies who make t…

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New coal mine openings slow as East Asian demand plateaus

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The world saw the lowest amount of new coal mine capacity brought online for at least 10 years in 2025, according to a new report, as clean energy displaces coal for electricity generation in East Asia. A report by Global Energy Monitor (GEM) found that new coal mine capacity declined by nearly 40% from 2024, the second consecutive year new mine capacity has hit a decade low. This represents an acceleration of a steady decline that began in 2019.
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Will the world’s drying lands get relief from COP17 in Mongolia?

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Starting on Monday, about 10,000 government negotiators, scientists, journalists and campaigners will gather at a purpose-built venue in a national park in Mongolia’s capital Ulaanbaatar to discuss how to stop land turning into desert as the world warms. Drought is currently sweeping much of the Northern hemisphere, leaving normally green urban parks looking like dry savannah, causing crops to fail, food prices to rise and billions to be shaved off economic output.
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Quarter of countries still missing UN climate plans 18 months after deadline

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About a quarter of the countries signed up to the Paris Agreement are still breaching its rules by failing to submit a new national climate plan, 18 months after the February 2025 deadline. Forty-five nations had not submitted a plan known as a nationally determined contribution (NDC), according to the Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee's (PAICC) newly-published report of its 7-10 July 2026 meeting. One, Oman, has published it since the meeting.
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Awards

Seahorse Award

2016 - Newcomer of the Year

An award for those writing about the supply chain - freight, logistics, ports, shipping etc.

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Seahorse Award

2018 - Environmental Journalist of the Year